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4Lettera .Patent No. 93,250, dated August 3, 1869.

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f vThe Schedule referred toin these Letters Patent and making parl: of the sarna vented a vnew'and uscd Improvement in HedgelPlanters; and do hereby declare'that the .Following is a full, clear, and-exact description thereof, reference heing'had to the accompanying drawing, making a part of this specification, in whichf Y Figure l i'sa plan view of thelnpper side ci' my improvedmachine, and

Figure 2 is a side elevation of the saine. Letters of like name and hind refer to like parts in each ofthe gures.

My ijivention is an improvement upon a device for planting hedges, for which Letters Patent, No. 98,703,- were'granted me on the lst dayof `dune, i869; and

It consist-s iuv the addition thereto oi' a suitable hopper and`fuunel for containing and conducting Vseed to the ground, and of the devices hy means of which said seed iseaused to flow evenly through said funnel, end h'y which the quant-ity thus passing out of the'hopperisregulated.

As in vmy first machine, l employ aflied or body, A, mounted upon-suitable wheels, B B,for the support of iny planting-devices.

Immediately in rear ofthe driveiis' seatO, lisa-nY opening in the bed A, through which passes a vertical standard, il), having upon its lower end a -wedge-1 shaped plow, E, alike upon either side.

Said standard is made adjustable vertically by suitable means, so as to enable the depth ofthe fuirowto he regulated. .,f. l

[immediately iu rear of. the plow, two rollers, F F, are pivoted upon thelower end of suitable standards, withtheir axis ata right angle to the line of inotion. dSaid rollers are tapered ii'orn ,their outer to their innerends, so as to press down the earth, thrownupby theplow,in the forno of a ridge, or highestfait-the.. centre. Y i

In rear ofthe rollers F F, are two coveringsshovels' or plows, G G, secured to thelower ends of the standy" ards H ll-I, the upper ends of ywhich are tein'oned in mortises, c c, extending laterally across the body.

A screw, h, passes throughV each mortise into a standard, and holds it firmly in place whenadjusted laterally to the desired position. f;

To the hereinbefore-descrihed devices, which are common to my patented machine, in which cuttings are planted, I add' those for sowing the seed, consist- ,ing of a cylindrical hopper, l, provided witha funnel vor spout, K, which is securedto the body immediately in rear of the plow-standard D.

Said cylindrical hopper is placed 'horizontally and at a right angle to "the line of dranght, and contains a cylinder, L, which is secured toand, revolves with a shaft, M, suitably journalled within =tlie vertieal ends ofsaid hoppen.

'lhe cylinder hais considerably less-in diameter than the hopper, and has projecting radially from its periphery a series of pins, l l, which, when seed is supplied to said hopper, and said 'cylinder caused to revolve, thoroughly agit-etes said seed, and causes it vto ilow through the spout in an even stream. Y

Motion' is imparted tof the cylinder by means of o pulley,` N, secured to the inner 'face of one of th'e rear gr'ound wheels, and connected, by means of a cord or` belt, n, withanother pulley, m, secured to the outer end of the shait M.

In order that the quantity of seed discharged from the hopper may he regulated at will, a slide, 0, conf sisting of a strip hf sheetnietal, in width nearly equalling thev diameter of the 'upper end of the funnel, passes through a horizontal slot in one side of the latter, and when pressed in clos'es the opening through the same.

The size of said opening maybe varied. at will by .withdrawing the slide or returnngrthe' same.

When it is desired to plant shoots, theI hopper and otherseeddevices can be removed, leaving 'the machine as before, A

For convenience, the

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The operation of-thindevice will be. readilyvuuderstood. Y 1

Seed being supplied to the hopper, the furrow and covexing-plows adjusted, and the` machine drawn forward, a furrow is formed into which seed -is dropped from the hopper through the-funnel.

The rollers following after, press the earthdnto the furrow, at the centre, uponwhich the l covering-shovels .throw an additional quantity of earth, and eoxnplete'the operation. A Y

It is believed that this` machine is ythe only-'device for planting, rolling, and'covering hedge-seed which has ever been constructed, aid that its desixableness yand convenience will insurelits general adoption in sections of countgy where h edgesare 'used as substi-- tutesfor fences.

Having thus fullyset forth the nature and merits ofmy invention, What I claim as n` w, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, is' Y 'The within-described devices Yfor sowing hedge. seed, consisting of the hopper .-1, funnel K, 'cylinder L,provided with the pins lv 1, shalt M, pulleys N and m, and slide O, in combiuationf with the body A, wheels B, standard. D, plow-E, rollers F' F, and` covei'ing-shovels G G, all constructed andarrangedl to operatesubstantially as and forV the purposesspecig ed. Y y .jIn testimony that I claim theljforegong, I'have hereunto set my hand, this 11th day of June, 1869. Y .L J. TUCKER..

. 'Witnessesz B. F. Yoann j 0,11. NELSON.

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